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Hurricane Irma batters Cuban coast

The north coast of Cuba is battered by powerful winds, torrential rains and (according to state media) waves ten metres high - as Hurricane Irma moves across the Caribbean. Reuters journalist Sarah Marsh describes the scene in the Cuban fishing village of Caibarien.

(Photo: A man walks against heavy winds after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Caibarien, Cuba on 9th September 2017. Credit: Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images)

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